Richard Burton | Siraj Raval Podcast #5
This is my conversation with Richard Burton. He was the 1st designer at Ethereum, an early employee at Stripe, invests in technology startups, and is an avid kitesurfer. We've been friends for years so this was the funnest interview I've done yet. Enjoy!
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2:45 Meeting in the Hacker Hostel
9:15 Short-term economic effects of the pandemic
10:30 Richard's background at Stripe & Ethereum
17:15 Open Source Financial Systems
21:00 Richard's crowd-sourced startup (Balance)
25:00 On Remote Work
31:30 Interview rejections & getting fired
33:15 Working for a Social Media algorithm
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2:45
Meeting in the Hacker Hostel
9:15
Short-term economic effects of the pandemic
10:30
Richard's background at Stripe & Ethereum
17:15
Open Source Financial Systems
21:00
Richard's crowd-sourced startup (Balance)
25:00
On Remote Work
31:30
Interview rejections & getting fired
33:15
Working for a Social Media algorithm
37:00
Deep Learning has been overhyped
41:00
Opportunities in Decentralized Finance
47:00
When Cryptocurrency was overhyped
50:18
Self-Driving Tesla Problems
51:30
Bipolar Disorder
53:00
Homelessness in San Francisco
55:15
Social Media Platforms Pros & Cons
59:00
Twitter BlueSky project
1:03:00
The Future of Social Media algorithms
1:04:55
Digital Therapeutics
1:08:30
Dating & relationships
1:12:30
Social Media identities
1:17:00
Finding purpose
1:19:30
AI Education on Youtube
1:22:00
Video release frequency
1:25:00
Lessons learned
1:27:00
Silicon Valley Culture
1:28:15
Los Angeles vs San Francisco
1:30:30
The Reality of Silicon Valley
1:34:50
Judging Technical Competence
1:36:30
WeWork: An Operating System for Atoms
1:37:30
On Peter Thiel
1:40:00
Rejecting platitudes
1:42:50
Richard's book recommendation
1:44:00
"How is Money Created?"
1:47:00
Richard's next topic to learn
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